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Sickle Cell DiseasePhase 2TRANSFORMNCT02757885

Transplantation for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease From Mismatched Family Donors of Bone Marrow

A Phase 2 study testing Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT), Hydroxyurea and Thiotepa in people with Sickle Cell Disease, run by Emory University at 1 site in United States.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to learn if it is possible and safe to treat persons with severe sickle cell disease (SCD) by bone marrow transplant (BMT) from human leukocyte antigen (HLA) half-matched related donors. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 15 to 40 years
Conditions the study is for
Sickle Cell Disease
What is being tested?
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT), Hydroxyurea and Thiotepa
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
10 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
10 Jul 2019to 14 Dec 2021
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 15 to 40 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Disease severity: Participants with SCD who have 1 or more of the following (i-v).
  • Clinically significant neurologic event (stroke) or any neurological deficit lasting > 24 hours;
  • History of two or more episodes of acute chest syndrome (ACS) in the 2-year period preceding enrollment despite the institution of supportive care measures (i.e. asthma therapy and/or hydroxyurea);
  • History of three or more severe pain crises per year in the 2-year period preceding enrollment despite the institution of supportive care measures (i.e. a pain management plan and/or treatment with hydroxyurea);
  • Administration of regular red blood cell (RBC) transfusion therapy, defined as receiving 8 or more transfusions per year for ≥ 1 year to prevent vaso-occlusive clinical complications (i.e. pain, stroke, and ACS). Patients on chronic transfusion who have to discontinue transfusion because of allo-sensitization will be eligible.
  • An echocardiographic finding of tricuspid valve regurgitant jet (TRJ) velocity ≥ 2.7 m/sec. Patients under the age of 18 years must have cardiac catheterization proven pulmonary arterial hypertension to qualify on this eligibility criterion.
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  • Age: Patients must be 15 - 40 years of age inclusive OR if younger than 15 years must be pubertal
  • Adequate physical function as measured by:
  • Karnofsky/Lansky performance score ≥ 60
  • Cardiac function: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) > 40% or LV shortening fraction > 26% by cardiac echocardiogram or by MUGA scan.
  • Pulmonary function: Pulse oximetry with a baseline O2 saturation of ≥ 85% and DLCO > 40% (corrected for hemoglobin).
  • Renal function: Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5 x the upper limit of normal for age as per local laboratory and 24 hour urine creatinine clearance > 70 mL/min/1.73 m2 or GFR > 70 mL/min/1.73 m2 by radionuclide GFR.
  • Hepatic function: Serum conjugated (direct) bilirubin < 2 x upper limit of normal for age as per local laboratory and ALT and AST < 5 x upper limit of normal as per local laboratory. Patients with hyperbilirubinemia as a consequence of hyperhemolysis, or who experience a sudden, profound change in the serum hemoglobin after a RBC transfusion, are not excluded.
  • For participants with a suitable donor who meet eligibility criteria and are willing to proceed to HCT, if they have received chronic transfusion therapy for ≥ 1 year and have clinical evidence of iron overload by serum ferritin or MRI, an evaluation by liver biopsy is required. Histological examination of the liver must document the absence of cirrhosis, bridging fibrosis, and active hepatitis. The absence of bridging fibrosis will be determined using the histological grading and staging scale
  • Suitable Donor: To undergo transplantation on this study, participants must have an adult first degree relative who shares at least 1 human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotype with the participant, does not have SCD or other hemoglobinopathy, and is in good health; if these criteria are met, they will be allowed to serve as donors. Relatives with sickle cell trait are not excluded as donors. When more than 1 donor is available, the donor with the fewest HLA allele mismatches will be chosen, unless the patient had donor anti-HLA antibodies or there was a medical reason to exclude the donor. If donor anti-HLA antibodies are detected, the next best related match will be chosen. Umbilical cord blood or peripheral blood stem cell donors will not be accepted.

Who cannot join

  • Availability of HLA matched sibling or 8 of 8 HLA-A, B, C and DRB1 matched unrelated donor
  • Presence of donor specific antibodies in the patient
  • Histological examination of the liver must document the absence of cirrhosis, bridging fibrosis and active hepatitis. The absence of bridging fibrosis will be determined using the histological grading and staging scale as described by Ishak and colleagues (1995). The presence of bridging fibrosis will be an exclusion criterion.
  • Uncontrolled bacterial, viral or fungal infection in the 6 weeks before enrollment
  • Seropositivity for HIV
  • Previous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT)
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  • Participation in a clinical trial in which the patient received an investigational drug or device or off-label use of a drug or device within 3 months of enrollment
  • Demonstrated lack of compliance with prior medical care
  • Unwilling to use approved contraception for at least 6 months after transplant
  • A history of substance abuse in the last 5 years that interferes with care
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding females at the time of consideration for HCT
  • Donor Selection Criteria:
  • Preference will be given to related marrow donors who are 2-4 (out of 8) HLA antigen mismatched and towards whom the recipient does not have donor specific antibodies. Donors will sign an informed consent disclosing that the marrow donation will be used by a patient participating in this study. The donor must be matched with the recipient for at least 4 of 8 HLA alleles (HLA -A, -B, -C and -DRB1 by allele-level DNA methodology). The target total nucleated cell count (TNC) is 3.5-8.0 x 108/kg of recipient weight. Marrow will be collected without mobilization. Mobilized peripheral blood stem cell (HPC-A) collections will not be permitted. Donors must undergo hemoglobinopathy screening by electrophoresis; donors who have a hemoglobinopathy will be excluded but trait condition is acceptable.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30033

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About this study

Official title: Transplantation Using Reduced Intensity Approach for Patients With Sickle Cell Disease From Mismatched Family Donors of Bone Marrow

The purpose of this study is to learn if it is possible and safe to treat persons with severe sickle cell disease (SCD) by bone marrow transplant (BMT) from human leukocyte antigen (HLA) half-matched related donors. Preparation before transplant includes the chemotherapy drugs hydroxyurea, fludarabine, thiotepa, anti-thymocyte globulin, and cyclophosphamide. It also includes radiation.

Read the detailed description

The purpose of this study is to learn if it is possible and safe to treat persons with severe sickle cell disease (SCD) by bone marrow transplant (BMT) from human leukocyte antigen (HLA) half-matched related donors. Preparation before transplant includes the chemotherapy drugs hydroxyurea, fludarabine, thiotepa, anti-thymocyte globulin, and cyclophosphamide. It also includes radiation.

Investigators also seek to understand the side effects of BMT in adolescents and young adults with SCD and measure how often serious side effects occur including those that are expected and unexpected. After transplant, investigators will measure the health of the body organs that ordinarily would have been damaged by having SCD in addition to testing the lungs, brain, and kidneys.

Being tested
Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT), Hydroxyurea, Thiotepa, Fludarabine monophosphate, Cyclophosphamide
Keywords
bone marrow transplant
Medical subject headings
Anemia, Sickle Cell

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)Procedure or surgery

    Participants will receive a bone marrow infusion from a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) mismatched donor through a central venous catheter.

  • HydroxyureaDrug

    Hydroxyurea is part of the bone marrow transplant preparative regimen. Hydroxyurea will be administered at a dose of 30 mg/kg orally as a single daily dose for 90 days (from day -100 to day-10). Hydroxyurea dosing will be based on adjusted body weight in participants weighing >125% ideal body weight.

  • ThiotepaDrug

    Thiotepa is part of the bone marrow transplant preparative regimen. Thiotepa will be administered at a dose of 10mg/kg intravenously (IV) over 2 hours or per institutional guidelines on day -7. Thiotepa dosing will be based on adjusted body weight in patients weighing >125% ideal body weight.

  • Fludarabine monophosphateDrug

    Fludarabine is part of the bone marrow transplant preparative regimen. Fludarabine 30 mg/m2/day will be administered from day -7 to day -3 (for a total of 150 mg/m2 over 5 consecutive days) and administered intravenously (IV) over a minimum of 30 minutes. In participants weighing > 125% ideal body weight, fludarabine will be dose based upon adjusted body weight.

  • CyclophosphamideDrug

    Cyclophosphamide is part of the bone marrow transplant preparative regimen. Cyclophosphamide will be administered on days -6 and -5 prior to bone marrow infusion at a dose of 14.5 mg/kg intravenously (IV) infused over 1-2 hours.

    Post bone marrow infusion cyclophosphamide will be infused on days +3 (between 60 and 72 hours post marrow infusion) and +4 (approximately 24 hours after day +3 dose) at a dose of 50 mg/kg IV infused over 1-2 hours.

    For participants weighing more than 125% of their ideal body weight, dosing will be based on adjusted ideal body weight.

  • Rabbit Anti-thymocyte GlobulinOther

    Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) is part of the bone marrow transplant preparative regimen. It is an infusion of rabbit-derived antibodies against human T cells used for prevention of acute rejection in organ transplantation. Rabbit ATG will be administered on day -9 at 0.5 mg/kg and on days -8 and -7 at 2 mg/kg (for a total dose 4.5 mg/kg).

  • Total Body IrradiationRadiation

    Participants will receive 200 cGy of TBI in a single fraction.

Study groups in NCT02757885
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Bone Marrow RecipientExperimentalSingle arm open label study: Participants with sickle cell disease (SCD) will receive bone marrow from a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) mismatched donor.
Receives: Procedure: Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT); Drug: Hydroxyurea; Drug: Thiotepa; Drug: Fludarabine monophosphate; Drug: Cyclophosphamide; Other: Rabbit Anti-thymocyte Globulin; Radiation: Total Body Irradiation

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Event-free Survival (EFS) Rate

    Event-free Survival (EFS) is defined as the survival with stable donor erythropoiesis with no new clinical evidence of sickle cell disease (SCD). Primary or late graft rejection with disease recurrence or death will count as events for this endpoint.

    Measured: Up to One Year

  2. Primary Graft Rejection Rate

    Primary graft rejection is defined as the absence of donor cells assessed by peripheral blood chimerism assays on day 42. Primary graft rejection can be accompanied by pancytopenia and marrow aplasia or by autologous hematopoietic reconstitution without aplasia.

    Measured: Day 42

  3. Late Graft Rejection Rate

    The absence of donor hematopoietic cells in peripheral blood beyond day 42 up to 1 year in a patient who had initial evidence of hematopoietic recovery with > 20% donor cells will be considered a late graft rejection.

    Measured: Day 42 Post transplant up to 1 year

  4. Rate of Disease Recurrence

    Disease recurrence is defined as the return of sickle erythropoiesis (HbS level > 70%) and the absence of donor cell representation.

    Measured: Up to One Year

Secondary outcomes (8)
  1. Overall Survival Rate

    Overall survival is defined as survival with or without sickle cell disease (SCD) after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).

    Measured: Up to One Year

  2. Cumulative Incidence of Neutrophil Engraftment and Platelet Engraftment.

    Cumulative incidence of Neutrophil Engraftment and Platelet Engraftment. Neutrophil engraftment is defined as the first of 3 measurements on different days when the patient has an absolute neutrophil count of ≥ 500/µL after conditioning.

    Platelet engraftment is defined as the first day of a minimum of 3 measurements on different days that the patient has achieved a platelet count > 50,000/µL and did not receive a platelet transfusion in the previous 7 days.

    Measured: Up to One Year

  3. Chimerism Rate Following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Sickle Cell Disease

    Genomic DNA extracted from peripheral blood will be analyzed for variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) to detect donor engraftment in myeloid and lymphoid fractions.

    Measured: Up to One Year

  4. Frequency of Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome (IPS)

    IPS is diagnosed by evidence of widespread alveolar injury:

    1. Radiographic evidence of bilateral, multi-lobar infiltrates (by chest x-ray or CT scan); AND
    2. Evidence of abnormal respiratory physiology based upon oxygen saturation (SpO2) < 93% on room air or the need for supplemental oxygen to maintain oxygen saturation ≥ 93%; AND
    3. Absence of active lower respiratory tract infection

    Measured: Up to One Year

  5. Veno-occlusive Disease (VOD) Rate

    VOD is diagnosed by the presence of ≥ 2 of the following with no other identifiable cause for liver disease:

    1. Jaundice (direct bilirubin ≥ 2 mg/dL or > 34 μmol/L)
    2. Hepatomegaly with right upper quadrant pain
    3. Ascites and/or weight gain (> 5% over baseline)

    Measured: Up to One Year

  6. Rate of Central Nervous System (CNS) Toxicity

    CNS toxicity will be defined as seizures, CNS hemorrhage, or PRES. PRES is defined as an increased diffusion coefficient in areas of T2 hyperintensity on diffusion-weighted imaging in the context of clinical symptoms or physical findings including headache, seizures, visual disturbances, and altered level of consciousness.

    Measured: Up to One Year

  7. Infection Rate

    Significant infections will be recorded including but not limited to bacterial or fungal sepsis, CMV reactivation with/without clinical disease, adenovirus infection, EBV PTLD, other significant viral reactivations or community-acquired viral infections and invasive mold infections.

    Measured: Up to One Year

  8. Frequency of Stroke

    An overt stroke is defined as a focal neurologic event and neurologic deficit lasting > 24 hours with neuroimaging changes.

    Measured: Up to One Year

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 May 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study start10 Jul 2019
  3. Primary completion12 Dec 2021
  4. Study completion14 Dec 2021

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
10 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02757885
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRB00080955
Acronym
TRANSFORM
Status last verified
Sep 2023
First submitted
28 Apr 2016
Last updated
12 Oct 2023
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT), Hydroxyurea and Thiotepa in people with Sickle Cell Disease, run by Emory University at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 15 inclusion and 13 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Oct 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 12 Oct 2023). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Event-free Survival (EFS) Rate (time frame: Up to One Year). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 12 Oct 2023.

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